Individuals concerned about qualifying for a license should
submit an evaluation at no cost prior to taking training and applying for
a license. Areas of concern include offenses listed in the Code of Criminal
Procedures Chapter 42A.054 and Chapter 62.001, e.g., murder, indecency with
a child, sexual assault, aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Any criminal history
questions should be directed to the Occupational Licensing (OL) Section.

b. Application fee in the amount of $111 paid via e-Pay using
a credit/debit card, Electronic Funds Transfer, or electronic check. Note
the voucher number provided in the e-Pay confirmation and enter it into the
e-App when requested.

3. All applications, e-App or paper, must be received, reviewed,
and approved by the TCEQ prior to registering for the corresponding exam. If
the applicants e-App is complete with no deficiencies, then the application
will be approved in 6-8 weeks (currently running 30 days processing time). We
will review responses to deficiencies within two weeks.

4. Applicants will receive an approval letter with the information
needed to complete the TCEQ online licensing exam registration for testing in
a regional office, with TEEX, or in a proctored computer-based testing center.

5. TEEX or the regional office will send the complete paper
exam sheets to TCEQ Occupational Licensing usually one to three weeks after
the exam date. OL strives to grade the exam and issue the license for those
who pass the exam within 5 business days. OL issues the license the next business
day for those who pass a computer-based exam as it is graded immediately and
the results are transmitted automatically to TCEQ.

If you have any questions regarding the preapproval process,
you may contact Marc Fuentes at Marc. Fuentes@tceq.texas.gov or at 512-239-1465
or call 512-239-6133 for assistance from the Occupational Licensing staff.

Thank you,

Deric Patton, Team Leader

Occupational Licensing

TCEQ Permitting & Registration Support Division

P.O. Box 13087, MC-178

Austin, TX 78711

Deric.Patton@tceq.texas.gov

(512) 239-0178

ABOUT MY COURSE

My course is four days
long, 8:00 to 4:30 each day, and must be completed
successfully before being eligible to take exam. The manual
provided is approved by TCEQ for the course so the material is
appropriate for preparing to take your Irrigator License exam.

We cover six of
the eight chapters of the manual on the first day. A lot of it
is not all that important except for the chapter on Backflow
Prevention.

The morning of the second
day covers the chapter on Hydraulics. This is the part of the
exam that most people struggle with and some also struggle
with it in the class.

After showing you how to do
the calculations, I will be calling on you to answer questions
from the manual in front of the class.

I need to see how you are progressing with the
material to know how you're doing with your learning.

In order to be able to do
these problems, you need to be COMFORTABLE with some basic
math.

You will be doing
multiplication (actually calculating percentages) and
addition.

If you are not comfortable
with understanding this type of math quickly, you will
struggle.

If you struggle too much
and slow the class down, I may ask you to go home from the
class but come back later after you've had time to practice.

If you struggle in the
class, you won't pass the exam so it's in your best interest.

The
afternoon is the Design chapter. There is much to learn in
this chapter as well.

The last two days are
focused on you actually doing designs. TCEQ requires that you
do four designs for the course and the last one is provided by
TCEQ.